Friday, February 6, 2009

Student of skirts

When my mom came to visit, we planned this great scheme to take over New York City. Unfortunately, my kid got sick the night before and we had to cancel our insanely cheap (for NYC) hotel rooms. Anyway, the outside air was so cold it stung when she first arrived here in Arlington so we decided to stay inside and sew. One of the things we sewed was this skirt, made of a pattern I had purchased for 99 cents and fabric in the clearance pile for one dollar a yard.Since I am a sewing fledgling, this was going to be a practice run but my mom got here and took over (I think she was bored out of her mind, though she insisted it was "relaxing."). She did most of the hard labor. However, I did learn a few things along the way, like what interfacing is and how to baste (I already mentioned that I am a novice).

Thanks Mom for the cute skirt!

Oh, and pardon the photos. It's a little less bubbly than it looks but I suffered serious static cling during my photo shoot ;-) and I am not doing it again!